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The plant reflects Vietnam's views on environmentally-friendly building materials. Vietnam's first modern production line for energy-saving glass was put into operation on July 25 in the southern province of Binh Duong. According to construction experts, most of the world’ skyscrapers are designed with energy-efficient glass, and Vietnam has started to follow the trend. In addition to the aesthetic advantage, buildings covered in this type of glass are able to reduce electricity bills by preventing heat or cold air from escaping through windows. The glass also blocks 99 percent of ultraviolet rays that pose a threat to human health. Demand for energy-saving glass in Vietnam is on the rise now the real estate market is showing signs of a recovery. However, the country now depends entirely on external suppliers, so glass made here has great potential on the local market, said Nguyen Quang Phuc, deputy head of the Vietnam Association for Building Materials. Work on the first … [Read more...] about Vietnam opens first energy-saving glass plant in Southeast Asia

Vietnam Needs Strategy to Lure Investment in Energy Saving
Vietnam-an emerging market in Asia is now thirsty for power to maintain the set economic development targets-needs to create stronger encouragement and incentives for investors to support energy efficiency initiatives in the country, said an official of Industry Ministry. Nguyen Dinh Hiep, Deputy Director General of Science and Technology Department under the Ministry of Industry (MoI) made the call at the national Consultative Meeting on Energy Efficiency Initiatives in Hanoi last week. Addressing at the gathering, Energy Efficiency consultant Nguyen Thanh Hai said energy efficiency projects faced several barriers, including high initial investment costs, low household incomes, poor public awareness of the need to conserve energy and inappropriate policies. Vietnam needs more concrete and long-term policies for the work, said Hai, adding that although a number of legal documents on energy efficiency had been introduced … [Read more...] about Vietnam Needs Strategy to Lure Investment in Energy Saving

Using Compact Bulbs as Effective Energy Saving Method Landscape of electricity consumption Analysing electricity using at workplace, Tran Manh Hung from the Institute of Energy, said that due to irresponsibility of users, electricity consumption had seen a high growth in recent years. In three years, from 2002 to 2004, alone, workplace electricity consumption increased by 22.1 per cent. In 2004, in particular, the figure was put 28 per cent. It is popular that users at home and workplace do not turn off electric equipment and devices before going out. Instead, they let the devices be in a standby mode. Each standby device consumes between four and eight watts. Total electricity volume consumed by standby devices in the whole country is very huge. Let alone the public lighting system, which uses fluorescent lamps. At present, 80 million fluorescent lamps are used at home, workplace and in public places. According to experts, a fluorescent lamp’s electricity volume doubles … [Read more...] about Using Compact Bulbs as Effective Energy Saving Method

Improving Efficiency of Energy Saving Policies
As forecast, by 2050, energy demand in Vietnam will increase 15 times. Without applying urgent policies for sustainable energy development, Vietnam may be at risk of energy shortages. This issue was discussed at the workshop "energy efficiency and the government's policies for businesses". The event is part of the international conference and exhibition "Xperience Energy Efficiency 2014 - XEE 2014" held recently in Hanoi. At the workshop, Cu Huy Quang, the official of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Office (EECO) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said the intensity of energy use of Vietnam is higher than that in the region and in the world. This situation significantly affects the selling price of products, reducing the competitiveness of goods on the market and putting pressure on government agencies in the management and use of energy. According to Nguyen Khac Tho, Deputy Director of the General Department of … [Read more...] about Improving Efficiency of Energy Saving Policies

VietNamNet Bridge – A draft circular has been issued early this year by the Ministry of Construction to provide guidance on management, saving and efficient use of energy in buildings.
To encourage buildings to save energy, the Ministry will grant the Building Energy Efficiency Certificate to buildings that successfully meets QCVN 09:2013/BXD standards.— File Photo
The draft is expected to be an important step forward in improving standards and reducing energy consumption for public and private buildings, such as offices, hotels, hospitals, schools with more than 2,500 square metres of total floor space.
The number of buildings such as houses, shopping centres and hotels has increased rapidly in recent years. In these buildings, poor energy efficiency measures have led to huge energy waste.
"The building sector is one of the large energy … [Read more...] about Ministry unveils energy-saving plan